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▽ I ASK PEOPLE ALL OVER THE GLOBE A SIMPLE QUESTION

What is „the one thing“ you don’t want to live without?

As part of the “the one thing” project, I portray people with their favorite object: around 80 photo portraits have been taken worldwide since 2018. With the project “the one thing” I would like to inspire everyone to think about what is really important in their lives.
In February 2020 the vernissage of the photo exhibition was shown in the New Town Hall in Hanover (Germany). The exhibition will be on the move in the future and can be rented. I also happy to offer a supporting program around the exhibition and are open to spread the projects in media.

What do I really need?

In our consumption-oriented society we usually have more things than we actually need. Around 100 years ago, a family had an average of just 180 items in their household. Today the average European person is estimated to own around 10,000 things. The number of our possessions has increased rapidly, especially since the 1950s.

Photo portraits from around the world

The project “the one thing” collects impressions of people and their personally most important object. I ask people all over the world what things are important in their lives. The background, age and professions of the people involved in this project are very diverse. They all have in common that they are interested in topics such as mindfulness, conscious consumption, sustainability or minimalism.
In 2018 I started to take portraits of people from my environment and whenever she went traveling to ask local people about their favorite object. So far, portraits have been created for example in Japan, Colombia, Ukraine, Poland, France and Great Britain.

▽ THE ONE THING

PHOTO PORTRAITS